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Don't joke... LA will hear you http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/12/los-angeles-city-council-declares-all-future-mondays-to-be-meatless/?intcmp=obnetwork

Best line in that paragraph.. remember its only a building it can't make up for the missed holidays and memories with your families!!

I believe that I read somewhere that FEMA has camps set up in NJ? Its a terrible situation. I have been down in LI for work for about the past two weeks and I really feel for the people down here many who lost everything.

It is a firetruck not a sports car... Who cares what it looks like if it gets the job done safely?

The problem I have with this is who has manpower to lend out? Especially on the volunteer side? VFD have been hurting for manpower and members for a long time now and its only getting worse... can we really afford to lend bodies to a commercial company? Could those members be used in another capacity?

I think some of you are blowing this out of proportion... In these kind of operations there is a lot of waiting around for assignments, supplies etc. to begin with. I am sure that they weren't busy 100% of the time to take a few pictures. Maybe these pictures were taken after they had been relieved and de-moblized to return home? How do you know without actually being there? Pride is a big factor here also.. remember that these guys who went down there gave up their time missed work, family time, etc. to go help their brothers in need... Remember that word brotherhood? So what if they wanted to take a few pictures to remember it? Public Relations is a big thing these days as I am sure all of you know... We all have websites and local newspapers, in this modern age PR is a big issue that departments should be looking at. Even volunteer departments have to think about it. When that big vote for the new engine comes up to replace your 25 Y/o rig where are the citizens going to look for information about you? The first place they will check is your website. Why not have as many positive things on there as possible, why not show them that you go above and beyond to provide a valuable service to them and are capable? PR can go along way in todays world..... Just some quick thoughts that I had on the matter.

I saw the engine from Ardsley today when I was down there... what firehouse were they out of?

Election Day Nor'easter is not sounding good....

They aren't exempted.... they should be held accountable under respiratory standard if they are in an IDLH but we all know it comes down to politics.....

Well thats no bueno... From what I've been seeing they are expecting a Northern NJ or NYC landfall point for the hurricane/blizzard thingy

RIP Charlie.. Just from the short time I knew you and the comments that are posted here I know you will be missed greatly!! Truly a heavy loss for the emergency services community

Why is this only becoming an issue now? Am I missing something? This NFPA standard has been around for awhile

from KJFD or outside department?

We got rid of that system do to complaints from members... We had the Scott pack integrated one. In theory it worked great BUT you only had your Scott pack waist strap keeping you in the system ( No leg straps or harness)... not very comfortable when going out a window and hanging, we had multiple members who couldn't even finish their required jumps due to the literal pain in the ribs it was giving them. That system used thin webbing which we have kept and moved to our gear pocket and that seems to work out great. One advantage to the webbing is how thin it is... you can really pack it in there with minimal bulk. We are now currently using the Gemtor Harness with the RIT system with the thin webbing in our right pocket. Edit: Some pros of the Integrated system were easy maintenance, and the lower cost since we only had to purchase systems for each pack not member. This is the system you are talking about... I heard another local department was looking at it... http://www.ritrescuesystems.com/product_detail.php?id=10

Firehouse deli and it is now closed. No relation I believe.

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Today I saw a lot of Yonkers FD and PD units in Northern Westchester near I-684... Anyone know what was up? Drill?

lol gotcha now

or a car fire?

You wait and watch the rest of the episode?

You should have at least done a "hazard assesment" to determine if a system is needed for your jurisdiction as is required by law. If you have any buildings higher than two stories than you should have a "system" as your members are at risk for entrapment according to the wording. http://assembly.stat...&Text=Y&Votes=Y

Can second that I have seen OAR a few times..

Would you have to buy a new scanner with the additional "narrow" channels?

I just hope that the job was done right and the contractor wasn't rushing to finish early to collect the prize...

Document everything